Sir, I can do it!

Han Chongliang was waiting at Shili Pavilion outside the city.

When he saw Wei Zhao standing on the horse in casual clothes, with a heroic figure, he felt indescribably envious.

"You're gone, I'm bored in Beijing alone."

Wei Zhao sat on the horse and smiled at him: "It's not that I won't come back. If things go well, I'll come back in maybe a month, or before winter at the latest. Feng Yu is being dragged by his family on a blind date. I think he must be flustered." Panicked. Cheng Yi has become a lot more bored after marriage, if you have nothing to do, you can enlighten Feng Yu more, but don't let him become like Cheng Yi."

Han Chongliang lowered his head and kicked the stones on the ground with the toe of his shoe, curled his lips and said, "The two of them are doing well!"

Wei Zhao knew that Han Chongliang was depressed, but there was nothing he could do about it, so he could only smile and say, "Your unmarried little wife is going to be a filial piety soon, I'm afraid you won't be free for long."

Speaking of this, Han Chongliang felt better.

"When you come back, call your second sister and let's go out to play together. You also know Rou Niang, she is very good."

Wei Zhao said, "Okay!"

He untied a wine jug from his horse and handed it to Han Chongliang: "This is the last jar of fruit wine."

Han Chongliang took it with a smile, smoothed the hair of the horse with one hand, raised his head and said to Wei Zhao: "Do you still remember the Seven Star Hall I told you about?"

Wei Zhao froze for a moment, then nodded.Then I felt an extra bronze medal in my hand.

Han Chongliang said: "Seven Star Hall also has a branch in Huaizhou. If there is something you can't solve, you can take this bronze medal to find Hall Master Yin."

"Ah Liang..."

Han Chongliang waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't dawdle, you spoiled young master, you have gone so far that you can't talk about it, take care of yourself, and wait for you to come back and drink."

Wei Zhao nodded heavily.

When the whip was raised, the horse neighed in the air, and the horse's hooves kicked, raising waves of dust.Han Chongliang leaned on the stone pillar of Shili Pavilion, his eyes followed Wei Zhao's figure all the time, and he lowered his eyes slightly until he couldn't see anything.

The wind and sand dazed his eyes, and Han Chongliang's eyes were slightly red.He took off the rein, got on the horse neatly, and started to gallop wildly.The horseshoes galloped, the wind whizzed past, what he heard were the exciting sound of war drums, the clang of weapons colliding, and the shouts of soldiers fighting on the battlefield...

It was the voice in the dream.

The eldest prince Li Kui's performance in being in charge of the autumn examination was remarkable, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials did not hesitate to praise him.Li Huai was very pleased.This time there was an accident in Huaizhong, and Li Huai transferred Li Qi to the household department to assist in counting the salt stocks in various places.

On this day, the father and son were sitting together for a meal. Li Huai asked him, "According to the emperor's estimation, how long will the government's salt storage be available for deployment in various places? If the southern army is to be dispatched, will the salt storage be enough?"

Li Kui thought for a while and said, "Before the Xie family fought with the emperor because of Cui Feng, they not only wooed the officials in the court, but also lowered the price of salt to make the official salt unsalable. Therefore, there is a lot of official salt in the market. The average inventory in various places limits the number of catties of salt purchased by individuals, and it is conservatively estimated that it can last for more than 20 days."

"The matter of Weinan cannot be delayed. Uncle said that there is still about [-] catties of salt in the small salt farm of Feng's family. If you save some, it can barely feed the army for a month. If the army can regain Weinan within one month, they can use it The small salt farms in Weinan are self-sufficient. I just don’t know how much stock is in the hands of big salt merchants in various places.”

"The situation in Huaizhong is serious, and there are many big salt merchants in Lianzhou waiting to deliver. It has been so many days, I am afraid that the news has spread in Lianzhou. Mr. Xie also publicly exposed that the salt truck was stolen The matter of robbery. Although it is reported in a small area at present, those well-connected salt merchants are afraid that they have already found out the news, so they will hold on to the salt in their hands and sell it at a high price when there is no salt in the market."

"Salt is inherently valuable, and it is even more economical for ordinary people to eat salt. If the price of salt is driven up, it may cause panic among the people. But the stock of official salt is not enough, and it is not enough to stabilize the price of salt. If Lord Wei can If the hijacked salt truck is recovered, the matter can still be eased. If not..."

Li Huai nodded, and said: "Yang Miao and Xie San's family in Huaizhong still have salt in storage. This matter started because of Xie's family. Xie Hong has promised to sell the salt in his hand at a low price to the court."

Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief: "In this way, it will be able to delay for a little longer. Father, according to my son's opinion, since the matter will spread sooner or later, it is better to issue an order as soon as possible to strictly prohibit the salt merchants from driving up the price of salt."

Li Huai shook his head: "Businessmen value profits, if an order is made, I'm afraid they would rather keep the salt than sell it."

Li Qi said: "It's not that they are asked to sell at a low price, but only at a similar price as usual, even if the price is raised a little bit, it's okay. Why do they want to fight against the court?"

Li Huai said with a smile: "Businessmen have always been thinking like this. In their eyes, salt that can be sold at a high price is sold at a low price. This in itself is a loss-making business. You know, in troubled times, merchants can't get along. One tael of salt is one tael of gold." .”

He glanced at Li Kui and said, "The Feng family supports the South Army at this time. This move can be called righteous. If Weinan is taken back, the Feng family will also make a great contribution. Although they are businessmen, their status in the eyes of Shilin It will be very different.”

Li Kui was excited, and hurriedly said: "Feng's salt field was originally mined for the imperial court, and my grandfather just abided by his duty and had no other intentions."

Li Huai stroked the back of Li Kui's hand, and said helplessly: "I really hope that Qi'er has selfish intentions. Forget it, let's not mention this. These days you are in the Ministry of Rites and then the Ministry of Households. I plan to transfer you to the Ministry of Finance after this matter." How about the officials watching the government?"

Li Kui replied respectfully: "But it's up to the emperor to make the decision."

Li Huai asked again: "Tell me what you have learned from watching politics in the two ministries these days?"

"This……"

Li Huai said: "It's just you and my father and son chatting, but it's okay to say. Don't be afraid of saying the wrong thing, it's a good thing for young people to have ideas. If you are in charge, what will you do in this court situation?"

Li Kui glanced at Li Huai secretly, and said hesitantly, "Father really doesn't blame him?"

Li Huai patted the back of his head with a smile: "Father is so stingy in your eyes?"

Li Kui shook his head with a smile, remembering that his father treated him very well when he was a child, he couldn't help smiling even more, revealing two small dimples on his cheeks.

He poured a cup of tea for Li Huai, met Li Huai's deep eyes, smiled slightly, and said, "Rectify the administration of officials."

Li Huai raised his eyebrows, sipped his tea and said, "Continue."

Seeing that his father really wanted to hear his own thoughts, Li Qi became more courageous.He straightened his body and said: "The Qi State has only been established for more than [-] years, and it has only had two dynasties so far. But the government has gradually become turbid. The ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee form cliques for personal gain, deceive the superior and the inferior, and eat a vegetarian meal in the corpse."

"Don't talk about the distance, just talk about the Weinan area. At the beginning, Weinan became self-reliant and filled the Jeju section of the river, causing countless people to be displaced. The father and the emperor recruited civilians to open up the river. The original intention was good. But the officials were corrupt and greedy. The aristocrats joined forces, seized the opportunity to encircle the land, and gathered the refugees into hermits. The people lost their land, lived in poverty, and sold their children and daughters.

He said with some grief and indignation: "These are all the people of my country of Qi! If this continues, I'm afraid we will repeat the mistakes of the end of Chu. The nobles' in-laws are full of old friends, and this court is almost becoming a court of nobles."

Li Huai nodded again and again: "The emperor understands my thoughts."

Li Qi moved his lips, he had held some words in his heart for a long time, but he knew that such words could not be said.Nobles are certainly hated, but the father is not without faults.

Mr. Yu told him that the nobles and the imperial power have ruled the world together for thousands of years, and this situation cannot be broken overnight.The emperor was too impatient.

Maybe he didn't understand it when he was young, but as he slowly came into contact with the government, his respect for his father was gradually wiped out.The father is greedy for power.

He lowered his eyes.

Li Huai looked at Li Kui with a face of relief, and said meaningfully: "Qi'er, you are my eldest son."

Li Kui looked up at him blankly, Li Huai just smiled: "I still have political affairs to deal with, so go and accompany your mother and concubine."

Li Kui didn't understand the meaning of Li Huai's words, seeing that his father had no intention of saying any more, he got up and bid farewell respectfully.

He always felt that his father's words had deep meanings, but he couldn't understand them.When you can't figure it out, you will inevitably feel irritable.

Li Kui paced slowly along the corridor outside Xuanming Hall, his father's tone and expression always echoing in his mind.I accidentally bumped into a person.

"His Royal Highness calm down, the servant has no intention of colliding."

When he came back to his senses, he saw an inner eunuch kneeling beside him.Li Kui has always been generous, and he thought it was because he was fascinated by things just now, and most likely he bumped into someone.

He raised his hand and said, "It's okay, you can get up."

The inner prisoner got up, lowered his head and retreated to the side of the corridor to make way for Li Qi.

Li Qi glanced at him unintentionally, and saw a red mole on the eyebrow of the inner prisoner at a glance, so he asked casually: "Where are you on duty? My Highness often goes to Xuanming Hall, why has I never seen you?"

The inner supervisor replied: "The slave has been in charge of cleaning and sanitizing the Qingzhu Garden. Your Highness rarely goes to the Qingzhu Garden. Naturally, I have never seen the slave."

Qingzhuyuan is just to the north of Xuanming Hall, which was originally a viewing building, but later Li Huai turned Qingzhuyuan into a small private study.In my impression, Li Qi only went there twice when he was very young. After that, Li Huai was busy with government affairs and had little leisure, so he seldom went there.

"That's the way it is, go do your own work."

The inner eunuch bowed, and turned to leave after Li Kui had gone far away.

Seven days have passed since the salt truck was robbed.Although Xie's family has begun to investigate, the results may not be satisfactory.The more it dragged on, the fewer clues there would be. Wei Zhao didn't want to waste time on the road, so he rushed to Huaizhou almost day and night.On the way, he met the post station and quickly changed the horses to continue on the road. Blood was worn out on the inner sides of both thighs, and he also gritted his teeth.

Han Sizhi was often on business trips, so he knew that the journey was difficult.Originally thought that this pampered son would be a big trouble on the road, but I didn't expect him to be quite tolerant, he is worthy of being the son of Zhen Guohou, there is nothing wrong with it.Because of this, Han Sizhi respected Wei Zhao a little.

"Master Wei, after passing the post station in front and walking along the official road, we will reach the boundary of Yingzhou."

Wei Zhao reined in his horse, covered his forehead with his hand, looked around, and asked, "How far is this place from Lianzhou?"

Han Sizhi pointed at the fork in the west with the tip of his whip: "It takes about half a day to walk along this road to Lianzhou City. Are you going to Lianzhou?"

"The big salt merchants are all waiting for delivery in Lianzhou. We have to go to Lianzhou to check the situation first."

Han Si looked at the dazzling sunlight and said: "It's just after noon, if we turn to Lianzhou now, I'm afraid we won't reach Lianzhou City before the city gate is closed. Sleeping in the wild. Adults have repeated leg injuries and cannot get good medical treatment. What should we do if the wound becomes inflamed."

Wei Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay, hurry up and try to get to the city before dark."

Seeing that he persisted, Han Si stopped persuading him.